ALT Linux Rescue

ALT Linux Rescue is an open source distribution of Linux based on the Mandrake operating system and specifically engineered to provide system administrators with a perfectly crafted tool for repairing and rescuing broken systems.

Distributed as bootable 32-bit and 64-bit Live CDs

It is distributed as two Live CD ISO images that can be deployed to USB thumb drives using the UNetbootin application or written to blank CD discs with any CD/DVD burning software. Both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures are supported.

There is no graphical environment on this ALT Linux flavor, which has been designed to be used directly from the Live media. There’s no installation, but the boot medium is persistent, which means that it will allow users to save some settings and configuration files on the USB flash drive.

Boot options

The boot menu offers the ability to boot from the first or second hard/solid disk drive, view detailed information about the hardware components of the respective computer, as well as to run a memory test.

Helps you perform various system administration tasks

With ALT Linux Rescue, you will be able to perform hardware diagnostics, resize partitions, fix bootloaders, filesystems and partitions, as well as to recover files or entire partitions deleted by human error or a faulty software.

In addition it can be used to backup and restore files to network servers, optimize file system usage, diagnose remote services and network issues, as well as to wipe partitions or entire disk drives.

Includes a wide range of rescue/recovery tools

Among the included rescue/recovery tools, we can mention Refind, Smartmontools, TestDisk, PhotoRec, Bonnie++, chntpw, ddrescue, cpuburn, exfat-utils, hdparm, gpart, parted, ipmitool, memtest86+, lft, netcat, scalpel, rsync, uudeview, wipefreespace, and whdd.

All the aforementioned utilities are known to dedicated system administrators, those who always have a few rescue CD disc or USB thumb drives around them at all times. The ALT Linux Rescue operating system is no different from the standard rescue CD of other Linux distributions.

What is new in this release:

• Linux 4.14.61 / 4.17.13
• Built using mkimage-profiles 1.2.20

What is new in version 20180613:

• Built using mkimage-profiles 1.2.16
• GnuPG2 2.2.8 (and fixed 1.4.22+)

What is new in version :

• Linux 4.9.72 / 4.14.8+
• glibc 2.26+
• xorg-server 1.19.6, Mesa 17.2.7

What is new in version 20171122:

• Linux 4.9.63 / 4.13.14
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.2.4

What is new in version 20171025:

• Linux 4.9.58 / 4.13.9
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.2.3+
• Mesa 17.2.3
• Qt 5.9.2
• ModemManager 1.6.10

What is new in version 20170830:

• Linux 4.9.45 / 4.12.9
• Firefox 55.0.3
• Built using mkimage-profiles 1.2.1+
• Rescue: added fio

What is new in version 20170719:

• Linux 4.9.38 / 4.12.2

What is new in version 20170613:

• Linux 4.9.31 / 4.10.17

What is new in version 20170329:

• Linux 4.9.18 / 4.10.6
• make-initrd 2.0.3
• Mesa 17.0.2

What is new in version 20170222:

• Linux 4.4.50 / 4.9.11

What is new in version 20170125:

• Linux 4.4.44 / 4.9.5
• sudo 1.8.19

What is new in version 20161228:

• Linux 4.4.33 / 4.8.9
• Firefox 50

What is new in version 20161123:

• Linux 4.4.33 / 4.8.9
• Firefox 50

What is new in version 20161026:

• Linux 4.4.27 / 4.7.10

What is new in version 20160727:

• back from Valaam release
• Linux 4.4.15 / 4.6.4
• desktop images: xorg-server 1.18.4, Mesa 12.0.1
• cinnamon: 3.0.7
• enlightenment: 0.20.10
• gnome3: updated packages; evolution 3.20.4
• kde5, lxqt: KF5 5.24.0 / 5.7.1

What is new in version 20160622:

• We Remember
• updated lvm2/mdadm/multipath-tools
• Firefox 47.0
• gnome3: some 3.20.3 packages

What is new in version 20151104:

• ALT Linux Team announces a significant weekly Regular build (20151104) dedicated to Russia's Unity Day and carrying lots of updates based on ALT Linux development repository named Sisyphus: Linux 4.1.12/4.2.5, Firefox 41.0.2, Cinnamon 2.8.2, GNOME3 3.18.0, Enlightenment 0.20.0-beta, IceWM 1.3.11, KDE4 4.14.10, KDE5 5.15.0, LXQt 0.10.0, MATE 1.10, WindowMaker 0.95.7, Xfce 4.12.3 and other goodies on a bunch of DE-specific hybrid LiveCD images and a pretty popular Rescue one which is specifically tailored to do forensics properly.
• These boot in English by default unlike the official ALT Linux distributions preferring Russian, and Cinnamon/LXDE flavours carry basic Vietnamese/Korean/Chinese input method support. There are some single-app LiveCDs with FlightGear, 0ad and links2 available.
• Starterkit builds based on stable p7/branch (with somewhat older versions on average) might be more suitable for those interested in installing ALT Linux permanently, these include several installers, a KVM image, and an OpenVZ VE template (in addition to an OpenVZ server installer). These receive more QA testing and are published quarterly (e.g. 20150912).

What is new in version 20150729:

• Built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.70+.

What is new in version 20150624:

• Linux 3.14.45 / 4.0.6
• systemd 221 (further regressions, see BUGS)
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.68+
• not marked as tested due to known regressions

What is new in version 20150311:

• Linux 3.14.35 (with SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC) / 3.19.1
• Mesa 10.5.0 - built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.61
• desktop images: added inconsolata, terminus fonts

What is new in version 20150217:

• Linux 3.14.33 / 3.18.7
• xorg-server 1.16.4
• NetworkManager 1.0
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.58

What is new in version 20150211:

• Linux 3.14.32 / 3.18.6
• Mesa 10.4.4
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.57
• icewm: updated metapackage and default theme
• kde4: 14.12.2 / 4.14.5
• lxqt: 0.9.0 (Qt5)

What is new in version 20150204:

• Linux 3.14.31 / 3.18.5

What is new in version 20150121:

• Linux 3.14.29 / 3.18.3

What is new in version 20150107:

• Built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.54

What is new in version 20141231:

• goodbye 2014 release
• Mesa 10.4.1

What is new in version 20141224:

• Linux 3.14.27 / 3.18.1
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.53+
• added servicectl

What is new in version 20140912:

• Linux 3.14.18 / 3.16.1 / 3.4.96
• Built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.45 / 1.0.4 (vm)
• Installers will actually get udev-rule-generator-net onto the system
• Live CDs tend to use Mozilla Fira/Adobe Source Pro fonts instead of DejaVu

What is new in version 20140507:

• This release adds a forensic mode (available via BIOS/UEFI bootloader menus), along with quite a few recovery utilities, including AFF/EWF tools, Linux 3.13, PassMark Memtest86 for EFI, and UTF-8 locale upon bootup.